Seven Pounds Page #4

- Hey, hey. What the hell is that thing?

- It's a dog. Just for one night.

Hold on. I don't give two shits. Okay?

We have a dog policy here.

Little dogs only. Poodles and shitzus.

It's in the contract.

In English and Spanish

For evryone to see.

Besides,that my friend, is not a dog.

It's a goddamn horse.

Let me know when you have a

horse policy to the contract.

Yes.

- Mr. Thomas, this is Connie Tapos.

- Hey, Connie ...

I do not know why I'm calling you,

but I'm calling you.

You said you can help us,

can you really help us?

This just doesn't make any sense.

What if he finds us?

He wont.

- What makes you feel for sure you don't know him ...

- Stop.

- Stop. Don't be weak.

- Don't be weak!

- I'm not weak.

Take this.

Take it.

You are gonna start this car.

And you are gonna go.

This is real.

And this is gonna be your new life be your new life.

- Do you understand?

- Yes.

Look at those babies.

- Look how beautiful those babies are are.

- Yes, I know.

They deserve it.

Okay?

You're headed north up the coast.

Maria!

I have always believed

this place can heal the soul.

I hope that proves true for you.

When you've signed your name

on the dotted line of the contract,

you'll own my house outright.

I only ask that you'll never

mention how you got the house

or try to contact me, for any reason.

And if you're wondering "why you"

please stop.

All I ask is for you to honor my wishes.

And, of course,

live life abundantly.

Thanks.

Hi, Duke.

Hi, baby.

- What time does the nurse come?

- She should be there by the time I get home.

- Ben?

- Yes.

I know I am the girl with the broken wing ...

But who are you?

Who am I ...

I'm you friendly

neighbourhood tax collector.

Ben.

Where the hell did you come from?

- I grew up in Oakland.

- Literally, okay.

Where did you go to college?

As far from Oakland as possible.

Massachussets Institute of Technology.

How about you?

UCLA.

You went to MIT?

Like, The MIT?

And now you're wondering how I

wound up as a lowly tax collector?

Absolutely.

I sort of stumbled into this job.

That's a big stumble.

What from?

I always wanted to be an engineer.

An engineer. What kind?

- The kind that sent people to the moon.

- Really?

Yes ... I don't wanna talk about me, anymore.

That's too bad ...

Cuz' you're very interesting.

Have you ever been in love?

Emily, please ...

Yes, you have,

Come on, you can tell me.

Yes. But it ended.

- What happened?

- Stop it.

- Seriously, you could tell me ...

- Stop it.

You need to get some rest.

I'll call you tomorrow.

Or maybe I'll stop by.

No. If I have questions

tomorrow, what then?

That's not a part of the deal.

What the hell does that mean?

Emily, hold on.

- Just leave ...

- Emily, wait. Wait!

Thank You

for everything you did.

- Dd you like the eggs?

- They're okay, I guess.

- I don't like the eggs you got.

- Okay.

You're wearing suit pants.

- To weed.

- I didn't have any other clothes with me.

- You know, I was gonna get to this.

- I saw them the other day and I figured-

-I would just take the day off,

and get this done for you.

- Ben.

- Yes?

This is a really ridiculous apology.

Come on.

I wanna show you something.

No, I gotta finish.

You can finish tomorrow.

Come on.

This is where I used to work.

And these are the artefacts

of said work.

Those are great.

How old are they?

This one, is just

shy of 120 years.

That's how I put up my

line of wedding press cards,

wedding invataions, invites.

How about this one?

That youngster ...

Hidelberg Windmill.

That seems appropriate.

Pooped out on me in about five years ago

and I can't find anybody to fix it.

It's kind of a dying art.

Defibrilator here works though.

Luckily, kept my business afloat.

You wanna see how?

Please.

Now, true pressman hate, a modern

girl, who want a decompression

So for a hundred years they tried their damndess,

just to kiss it

so it didn't leave an indictation

That's the only way to prove it's not digital.

I think it feels richer.

- Are you okay?

- Yes.

I don't really know anything about

you or where you came from, But.

You keep showing up.

And I'm glad.

Okay.

Okay, So,

Duke needs a walk.

Are you interested?

Yes.

He's lika a different dog with you around.

I don't think we

ever properly bonded.

Why would you get, such a big dog?

Did you know that Great Danes, on average,

only live about seven years?

They have heart issues.

I think I got him because-

-I thought he could help me

with my illness.

There would be something I could take

care of as supposed to being always taken care of.

And just so you know,

I used to be really hot.

Like, unaditebly hot.

- Is that so?

- Yeah .

I've never felt like

this in a really long time.

There are so many things

that I want to do.

I wanna go on a plane for 13 hours

and not have to stress that-

-I can't reach my doctor.

You know like just travel,

go backpacking, have experiences.

To see the world.

I just wanna have the time to

figure out who it is that I am-

-you know? what I like.

Do things, try things.

Get out of my head for once.

I would really like to go running.

I think about that sometimes.

How it would just feel like, to go running.

So-

See you tomorrow?

Yes.

But if you need anything, just call.

And I'll come right back.

Okay.

Bye.

- I had a really great time today.

- Me too.

Bye.

No anesthetic.

Have you ever donated bone marrow before?

You're a brave guy.

How long have you known Nicolas?

What the hell happened to you?

How much longer are you going to stay

at my hotel?

- Motel.

- How much longer?

Acctually I was planning on dying here.

Well, then you need to pay in advance.

Hello?

Hey, it's Emily.

Are you sleeping?

Yes. No.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

My sister came over, a couple of days last week

with the kids, it was really great.

I tried calling you, a

couple of times. How are you doing?

Yeah, I'm good.

Everything is fine.

I've been traveling.

A lot. So.

Are you busy tonight?

What do you mean?

Maybe you wanna come by and

say hello, around seven?

You don't have to if you don't want to.

I just, you know

Look, I totally get it if you don't

wanna hang out with the dying girl so,

- I can come at seven.

- Okay.

Okay.

Bye.

Oh, well,

how are you doing tonight?

- Hi.

- Hi.

Come in.

I am so glad she's gone.

- Are you okay if we eat outside?

- Eating?

- Yes, you didn't eat already did you?

- No.

- No.

- Well, it was a surprise, but.

You're on time.

I haven't cooked anybody food,

for years so.

You better like it,

Or lie to me.

This is for you.

You don't have to say anything, I just got,

change, in there.

Dinner is ready, and you're not.

So Hurry up.

Chop chop!

- You look great.

- Yes ... It's pink.

It's salmon.

You are so nice.

So are you.

Everything is vegetarian.

I hope you like eggplant parmesan..

I haven't treated myself, very well

in the past few years.

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